I met a man

After Isaiah 65:17-25

I met a man from

a faraway place,

his eyes tired and

his shoulders dropped

with burdens cast upon him,

a young man who had seen

too much and not enough,

trapped between hope

and despair, I met a man

from a faraway place, eyes

filled with pain and hurt,

and I told him hope

exists, it’s coming as

in the promise, and the image

in the mirror cracked

and spoke back to me.

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